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Birth Name: Eliza Patricia Dushku
Nickname: Duck Shoot (bestowed on her by Kevin Smith)
Born: December 30, 1980
Birth Place: Boston Massachusetts
Height: 5' 5"
Marital Status: Single
Siblings: 3 brothers (Aaron, Ben and Nate)
tid bits:
� Eliza's middle name came from being named after her favorite aunt.
� The tattoo on her right arm that we saw in her role as Faith is not real, but she wants to get a tribute tattoo on her hip when she is 21, for a family member who passed away.
� She has a German shepherd/husky/beagle mix named Korbit, who lives in Utah.
� She was legally emancipated from her parents because of strict laws on the hours that a minor is allowed to work.
� Signs for the deaf at the Watertown Children's Theatre in Boston.
� She's Albanian and Danish.
� Raised in a staunch Mormon household.
� Her last name is pronounced (Dush-koo) - Dush rhymes with "push".
� Joss Whedon, Writer of "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" (1997), has been eagerly waiting to reprise her role of the evil vampire slayer, Faith, since January 2001, but due to her hectic film schedule she has not been free to return to the show. (12.3.01)
� Mother is a university administrator/professor at Suffolk University. Father is an administrator/teacher in the Boston Public Schools.
� Brother of Nate Dushku, actor; featured in Antitrust (2001).
� Her boyfriend's name is Colby. He is a Ralph Lauren model.
Biography:
A talented, soulful child actress who transitioned into teen and adult roles beginning in the late 1990s, Eliza Patricia Dushku was born in Boston on December 30, 1980, the daughter of college professors she was raised with her three older brothers in a staunch Mormon household. As a child, she studied piano, drums and dance (jazz, tap and ballet) for fun. She was raised in her hometown of Watertown, Massachusetts. Dushku started out doing numerous productions at the Watertown Children's Theatre, a place where she sometimes still performs by signing plays to the deaf.
At the age of twelve Eliza was discovered in a casting search for the small coming-of-age romance "That Night." The 1992 film gave Dushku a large role that put her in the spotlight. The following year Dushku landed a role as Pearl alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in �This Boys Life�. Leonardo taught Eliza a valueable lesson. He taught her how to deal with bullies and other high school dangers. Dushku says she is, "..forever grateful to him." The next year she landed the role of Schwarzenegger's daughter in the action film �True Lies�. Dushku made her TV debut at age 14 in the CBS "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation "Journey" (1995). After this, she returned to the big screen with a starring role in the film �Bye Bye Love�.
Eventually she was legally emancipated from her parents because of the strict laws on the hours that a minor is allowed to work. Eliza took both her junior and senior years away from acting to bring up her grades up. And she did. Dushku has been accepted to both Boston and George Washington Universities and eventually landed the role of Faith the Vampire Slayer, in the hit television series �Buffy the Vampire Slayer�. Just a guest role at first, she soon became a regular from 1998 to 2000 for the show, and even made numerous appearances on the spin-off series, �Angel�.
Following the exposure on Buffy, Dushku had a pile of feature film work thrown at her door. She spent the beginning of the 21st century getting through the massive workload including starring roles in films like �Bring It On�, �Soul Survivors�, �The New Guy� and �City by the Sea�.
Dushku currently lives in L.A. with her brother Nate, who is also an actor. Nate is Eliza's best friend and, as she puts it, "partner in crime." In addition to acting, she sometimes returns to sign plays for the deaf at the Watertown Children's Theatre, where she started her acting experience.
Filmography:
� "Heroine" TV Series..... (2003)
� The Kiss..... Megan (2003)
� Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds (VG) (voice)..... Faith (2003)
� Wrong Turn..... Jessie Burlingame (2003)
� City by the Sea..... Gina (2002)
� The New Guy..... Danielle (2002)
� Soul Survivors..... Annabel (2001)
� Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back..... Sissy (2001)
� Bring It On..... Missy Pantone (2000)
� Race the Sun..... Cindy Johnson (1996)
� Journey (TV)..... Cat (1995)
� Bye Bye, Love..... Emma Carlson (1995)
� Fishing with George..... (1994)
� True Lie..... Dana Tasker (1994)
� This Boy's Life..... Pearl (1993)
� That Night..... Alice Bloom (1992)